Stemmed cherry mold



June 17, 1952 H. DOMNITZ STEMMED CHERRY MOLD Filed Aug. 16, 1949 IN VEN TOR. //E 'MM Dom 1'72 BY-v Patented June 17, 1952 UNITED STATES PTENT QFFICE 2,600,522 STEMMED CHERRY. MOLD Herman, Domnitz, New York, N; Y.,,, assignor to. Barricini, Ind, Long Island City; N. Y., a cor notation of New-York Application Augustlfi, 1M9, Serial No. 110,505

9 Claims. 1

The. present invention relates to the art of candy making and more particularly to mould construction.

An. object of. this invention is to. provide a mould of novel, improved and simple construction, adapted to receive a stemmed cherry to be coated with a fondant poured in measured quantity into the cavity of the mould; the cherry to beheld in such manner, that its stem is outside the mould cavity so that no part of. the stem shall receive any fondant covering.

Another object of this invention is to provide a novel and improved mould of the char acter mentioned, which is adapted by associated mechanism, to be automatically opened so that a stemmed cherry may be properly placed there.- in, then. automatically closed to present an openmouthed cavity having the cherry therein to receivea coating of fondant, and finally to be automatically opened again to permit easy removal of the coated cherry whose stem remains clean. of fondant.

A. further object. thereof is to provide asimple machine employing such novel and improved moulds; said machine affording proper timing of the opening and closingof the moulds in relation to the operation of the fondant depositor.

Still a further object of this invention is to provide novel and improved apparatus of the type described, which is easy and reasonably cheap to manufacture, simple to use and operate, and efiicient in carrying out the purposes for which they are designed.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent as this disclosure proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, similar characters of reference. indicate corresponding parts in all. the views.

Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of a. mould. embodying teachings of, this. invention.

Fig- 2 is atop planview of said mould, shownin closed condition.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of this mould, shown in open condition.

Fig. 4 is a section taken at lines 44 in Fig. 3, showing a cherry in the mould cavity; the stem of said cherry being outside said cavit'yin order to remain clear" of fondant.

Fig. 5' is. a diagrammatic front view of a machine employing said moulds.

Fig-6 is a top view of Fig. 4.

In the drawings, the numeral I5 designates generally amould of resilient rubber or the like. It is: an openemouthedreceptacle. of a prede by shaft 36.

2v tern-lined. size, larger. than thesize of. a cherry. [6, it is tohold. There is. aslit l1 through, the. Wall. of this. receptacle, extending through the rim of, the mouth, to and through the bottom wall. l8, as shown. at. l.9,.and thence to ahole 2B, whichi's. preferably centrally located through said. bot.-

tom wall, and of a diameter about that. of a cherry stem 2i. The slit.v portion designated by the. numeral l9, may be radial and in. angular ref laticn with the. plane determined. through the side wall 22 by the slit portion denoted by the numeral ll.

Normally, these slits are closed. The, side and bottom walls of, this receptacle, are free. for movement at one side of the slits to form a gap in both the side and bottom walls, thereby facilitating. insertion and removal of a stemmed cherry,,into.and from the mould cavity 23. Such gap is indicated bythe.v numeral 24. In the embodiment shown, a good portion of the receptacle is so movable, while the remainingportion there-, of is held on a rigid plate 25,. mounted on a. conveyor,, as for instance the endless link belt 2%, which is on the sprockets 21' and 28. 7

In the machine illustrated, a plurality of moulds [5 are carried equi-spaced along the chain belt. 26, and. so. positioned thereon that their.

mouths are open directly under the spout of the fondant depositor 29 as, they respectively pass immediatelybelow. Of course, the moulds will he inverted when they are along the straight lower portion of the belt. Any suitable means is provided to, move. the belt intermittently clockwise, a distance equal to the spacing between moulds. At any rest position, one of the moulds will be directly below the spout 29." of the fondant depcsitor. Such belt-moving means may comprise a constantly revolving mutilated gear 30, adapted to engage gear 3| on shai t, 32 which carries the pulley 33 for supplying rotary movement to the sprocket 2.! by means of a belt 34 mounted over pulleys 33 and 35'. During every rest period of the chain belt 26, a measuring valve at the spout 29', is operated by means. controlled Such valve and control means. is not. shown, asit is not part, of thisjinventi'on which is claimed as new, and because same is well known in the. art.

At a position before spout position, a, fixed. finger 3'! acts to open av mold, whereupon. the operator manually inserts a stemmed cherry into such open mould shown at 15, and also at a position shown at It", over a pan 38, a fixed finger 39 acts to open a mould for theoperator to remove a fondant-covered stemmed cherryi'if it does not of itself fall from such opened mould into said pan.

A rigid metal arm st extends from the movable part of the rubber mould receptacle, and is adapted to be moved by the fingers 31 and 39 respectively during belt movement, so that the mould shall open. As soon as said arm 40 is out of contact with any of such fingers, the mould will automatically close, and such may be aided by the inclusion of a blade spring 4|, mounted extending from the plate 25, and adapted to be stressed by its contact with the arm 40, when the mould is open. Normally, said blade spring 41 helps to hold the mould tightly closed. All moulds and the parts they carry being identical, the description herein of one of the moulds shall suffice for all.

In the embodiment shown, said arm 40 includes a semi-circular bent end All, which is cemented or otherwise suitably secured around the movable part of the wall of the receptacle, and preferably extending secured therearound to the slit 17. This arm and its end portion is in the form of a narrow stiff metal band positioned intermediate the top and bottom of the mould receptacle, and extends obliquely forwardly of the plane of the link belt 26 and rearwardly considered with respect to the direction of belt movement which is deemed forwardly. The arm 48 hence acts as a cam when moved by the stationary fingers 3? and 39.

In operation, the depositor 2%! is filled with fondant which is maintained in flowable conditiorl by suitable heaters not shown. Gear 38 is given constant rotation by a motor, and the operator has a supply of stemmed cherries easily accessible at the machine. The cooling chamber at 42, is maintained cold by any suitable means as for instance by a supply of refrigerated air. It is to be noted, that during every interval of rest of the belt 26, the moulds at l5 and I5 are open, at which time, the operator inserts a cherry l6 sidewise through the gap in the walls of the mould receptacle at l5, so that the cherrys stem 21 shall sidewise enter and lie in hole 28 and hang downwardly out of the mould. Now upon movement of the belt 25, such filled mould will close and eventually receive a measured supply of fondant from the depositor 28 which will cover the cherry IE, but not its stem 2|. Such fondant cover when passing through the cooling chamber 42, will become congealed, and finally when said filled mould reaches the finger 39, such mould will be opened and in inverted position, whereupon the coated stemmed cherry will loosen and fall into the receptacle or pan 38. If the fondant happens to stick to the mould at IS", the operator will pry it loose with a suitable hand tool while the mould is open over said pan.

It is to be noted that when the mould containing a cherry is closed, the stem will be gripped, and there will be no leakage or seepage of fondant out of the mould cavity or onto the stem of the cherry.

By way of suggestion, it might be found convenient to have the cherry-loading station along the lower portion of the belt 26, at a position directly below I5 so that stem 2! is held in hand with cherry I5 hanging downward for sidewise movement into the mould cavity. Though not shown, this suggested manner needs no further illustration to be understood.

' The fondant-covered stemmed cherries as described, may be complete confections, or they 4 may be taken to other machines for receiving other candy or chocolate coverings.

This invention is capable of numerous forms and various applications without departing from the essential features herein disclosed. It is therefore intended and desired that the embodiment shown herein shall be deemed illustrative and not restrictive and that the patent shall cover all patentable novelty herein set forth; reference being had to the following claims rather than to the specific description herein to indicate the scope of this invention.

1' claim:

1. A mould for a stemmed cherry, comprising an open-mouthed receptacle of resilient material. having a normally closed continuous slit extending from and through the rim of the mouth, through and along the side wall and then through and along the bottom wall to about the central region of the bottom wall and having a hole through one of its walls in communication with said slit, whereby when the slit is spread open to form a gap, 2. stemmed cherry may be inserted through the gap 50 that the cherry will lie within the receptacle and the stem will extend through said hole and outwardly from the receptacle.

2. A mould as defined in claim 1, wherein the hole is through the bottom wall.

3. A mould as defined in claim 1, wherein the hole is through the bottom wall at the end of the slit.

4. A mould as defined in claim 1, including spring means forming a unitary structure with the receptacle and positioned to act against it at one side of the slit, to help maintain the slit in closed condition.

5. A mould as defined in claim 1, including means holding the receptacle at a region away from one side of the slit and an arm of rigid material extending from the receptacle and secured to the receptacle at the region at the other side of the slit, whereby upon movement of said arm in one direction, the slit will be spread apart to form a gap in the bottom and side walls of the receptacle, and upon release of said arm, the gap will automatically close due to the resiliency of the material composing the receptacle and the arm will move in the opposite direction to normal rest position.

6. A mould as defined in claim 1, including means holding the receptacle at a region away from one side of the slit, an arm of rigid material extending from the receptacle and secured to the receptable at the region at the other side of the slit, whereby upon movement of said arm in one direction, the slit will be spread apart to form a gap in the bottom and side walls of the receptacle, and upon release of said arm, the gap will automatically close due to the resiliency of the material composing the receptacle and the arm will move in the opposite direction and spring means forming a unitary structure with the receptacle and acting on the arm to help maintain the slit in closed condition.

7. A mould as defined in claim 1, wherein the size of thehole is such that the stem is gripped therein when the slit is closed.

8. A mould for a stemmed cherry,. comprising an open-mouthed receptacle of resilient material, having a normally closed slit extending from and through the rim of the mouth and ending in a wall of said receptacle, and having a hole in communication with said slit, whereby when the slit is spread open to form a gap, a stemmed cherry may be inserted through the gap so that the cherry will lie within the receptacle and the stem will extend through said hole and outwardly from the receptacle.

9. A mould as defined in claim 8, wherein the hole is at the end of the slit through a wall of 5 the receptacle.

HERMAN DOMNITZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the 10 file of this patent:

Number 6 UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Swett Apr. 29, 1930 Fox Dec. 1, 1931 Sanders Nov. 22, 1932 Suiter Nov. 5, 1935 Forbes Oct. 15, 1940 

